



STATUTES 



AS REVISED AND ADOPTED JUNE 6, 1892, 
WITH AMENDMENTS TO FEBRUARY 3, I9O2. 



NEW YORK 

Printed for the University 

1902 






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Resolution adopted February 3, 1896. 

Resolved, That, in all official publications hereafter issued 
by or under authority of the Trustees, all the departments of 
instruction and research maintained and managed by this 
corporation, may, for convenience, be designated collectively 
as "Columbia University in the City of New York," or, "the 
University;" and the School of Arts, as the same is now known 
and described, may hereafter be designated as "Columbia 
College," or, "the College." 



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Table of Contents. 



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Chapter I. — The President 5 

Powers 5 

Duties 5 

Acting President 6 

Leave of Absence 6 

Degrees 6 

Chapter II. — The University Council 7 

Membership 7 

Definition of Term 7 

Election of Representatives 7 

Powers 7 

Limitation of Powers 7 

Representation of Seminaries 8 

Meetings. Chairman 8 

Secretary 8 

Chapter III. — The Faculties 8 

Powers 8 

Limitation of Powers 8 

Deans 9 

Term of Office 9 

Discipline 9 

Secretaries 9 

Meetings 9 

Minutes 9 

Right to Vote 9 

Resolutions of the Trustees 9 

Attendance 10 

Appointments 10 

Grades of Office 10 

Precedence 10 

Salaries 10 

Payment of Salaries 10 

Other Employment 10 

Leave of Absence 10 

Emeritus Officers 10 



CONTENTS. 

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Chapter IV. — Officers of Administration ii 

Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds ii 

Secretary of the University ii 

Bursar , . 1 1 

Assistant Bursar 1 1 

Registrar. 1 1 

Assistant Registrar I2 

Bureau of Supplies 12 

Chapter V. — Foundations 12 

Scholarships 12 

Fellowships 12 

Professorships 12 

Chapter VI. — The Library 13 

Librarian 13 

Purchase and Catalogue of Books 13 

Loan of Books 13 

Ofificial Reports ; . . . . 14 

Gifts 14 

Theses and Essays 14 

Chapter VII. — The Chapel 14 

Attendance 14 

Chaplains 14 

Chapter VIII. — The College 14 

Faculty 14 

Admission 14 

Certificate of Character 15 

Classes 15 

Degree 15 

Chapter IX. — School of Law 15 

Faculty 15 

Lectures 15 

Admission 15 

Advanced Standing 15 

Bachelor's Degree 16 

Master's Degree 16 

Certificate 16 

Chapter X. — School of Medicine 16 

Agreement of Union 16 

Faculty 16 

Appointments 17 

Special Students 17 

Admission to Second Year 17 

Classes 17 

Degree 17 



CONTENTS. 

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Chapter XI. — Schools of Applied Science 17 

Faculty 17 

Use of Title 18 

Age of Admission 18 

Course of Study 18 

School of Mines 18 

School of Chemistry 18 

School of Engineering 18 

School of Architecture 18 

Degrees 19 

Summer Courses 19 

Chapter XII. — Schooi, of Political Science 19 

Faculty 19 

Candidates for a Degree 19 

Course of Study 19 

Chapter XIII. — School of Philosophy - 20 

Faculty 20 

Candidates for a Degree 20 

Course of Study 20 

Chapter XIV. — School of Pure Science 20 

Faculty 20 

Candidates for a Degree 20 

University Instruction 21 

Loan of Specimens 21 

Chapter XV. — Students and Auditors 21 

Matriculation 21 

Registration 21 

Discharge 21 

Attendance 21 

Special Students 21 

Students in other Institutions 21 

University Courses. Auditors 22 

Chapter XVI. — Fees 22 

Matriculation Fees 22 

Tuition Fees 22 

Auditor's Fees 23 

Examination Fees 23 

Laboratory Fees 23 

Deposits 23 

Fees in Special Cases 23 

Payment of Fees 23 

Payment of Tuition Fees 24 

Prepayment of Dues 24 

Exemption of Graduate Students 24 



CONTENTS. 

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Chapter XVII. — Academic Costume 24 

Costume 24 

Gowns 24 

Hoods 24 

Caps 25 

Trustees : Members of Faculties 25 

Degrees of other Colleges 25 

Chapter XVIII. — Academic Calendar 25 

Vacation 25 

Intermissions 25 

Terms 25 

Examinations 26 

Commencement 26 

Baccalaureate Sermon 26 

Chapter XIX. — Publications 26 

Printing and Advertising 26 

Handbook : Catalogue 26 

President's and Treasurer's Reports 26 

Form 26 

General Catalogue 26 

Chapter XX. — Public Lectures and Meetings 26 

Public Lectures 26 

Public Meetings 27 

Chapter XXI. — Fellowships 27 

University Fellowships 27 

Term of Office 27 

Tyndall Fellowship 27 

Barnard Fellowship 2^ 

Duties of Tyndall and Barnard Fellows 28 

Columbia Fellowship 28 

McKim Fellowships 29 

Alumni Fellowships 29 

Drisler Fellowship 29 

Class of '70 Fellowship 29 

Remunerative Employment 29 

Place of Study 29 

Regulations 29 

Annual Fellowships 30 

Mosenthal Fellowship 30 

SchifT Fellowship 30 

Perkins Fellowship 30 

Proudfit Fellowship in Letters 31 

Proudfit Fellowship in Medicine 31 

Curtis Fellowship 32 

Carl Schurz Fellowship 32 



CONTENTS. 

Chapter XXI. — Fellowships (Continued). page 

Fellowships when Vacated 32 

Stipends of Fellows 32 

Chapter XXII.— Scholarships 35 

Alumni Scholarships 35. 39 

S. P. R. L. Scholarships 35 

Sons of Professors . • • 35 

Alumni Competitive Scholarship 35 

Moffat Scholarships 35, 39 

Schermerhorn Scholarships 35-39 

Theological Seminary Scholarship 35 

Alonzo Clark Scholarship 36 

Annual Scholarships 3^ 

University Scholarships 3^ 

President's University Scholarships 36 

Brooklyn Scholarships 37 

Stuart Scholarships 37. 39 

Hewitt-Harper Scholarships 37 

Benefactors' Scholarships 38 

Faculty Scholarships 38 

Stipend of Scholars 39 

Publication of Names 39 

Freshman Scholarships , 39 

Discretionary Awards 39 

Beck Scholarship 39 

Beck Prize Scholarship 39 

Payment of Stipend 40 

Campbell Scholarships 4° 

Curtis Scholarship of Barnard College 40 

Chapter XXIII. — Prizes 43 

Barnard Medal 43 

Loubat Prizes 43 

College Alumni Prize 43 

McVickar Prizes 43 

Chanler Prize 44 

Harsen Clinical Prizes 44 

Harsen Proficiency Prizes 44 

Coll. P. & S. Alumni Prize 45 

Cartwright Prize 45 

Stevens Prize 45 

Smith Prize 46 

Illig Medals 46 

Toppan Prize 4^ 

Bennett Prize 46 

Grant Squires Prize 47 

Bunner Medal 47 

Chapter XXIV. — Amendments 47 



STATUTES. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PRESIDENT. 



§ I. a. The President shall have charge of the educational Powers, 
administration of the University, and shall be the Chairman 
of the University Council, and of every Faculty established 
by the Trustees. He shall preside at all Commencements, 
and shall sign all diplomas for degrees duly conferred. 

b. He shall preside at meetings of the University Council, 
and of the several Faculties, and his concurrence shall be 
necessary to every act of each of such bodies; unless, after 
his non-concurrence, the act or resolution shall be again 
passed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire body at the same 
or at the next succeeding meeting thereof. 

c. In all cases where there shall be a non-concurrence be- 
tween the President and a majority of the Council or Faculty 
present at the time, the names of those voting on each side 
shall be entered on the minutes, and each member shall be 
entitled to have entered on the minutes his reasons for his 
vote. 

§ 2. a. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge Duties, 
and have care of the University generally, of its buildings, 
of its grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property 
upon the same ; 

b. To call meetings of the University Council, and of the 
several Faculties, and to give such directions and to perform 
such acts as shall, in his judgment, promote the interests of 
the Univei^sity, so that they do not contravene the Charter, 
the Statutes, or the resolutions of the Trustees, or of the 
Council or Faculties; 

c. To report to the Trustees annually, on the first Monday 
in October, and as occasion shall require, the condition and 
needs of the University; 

d. To administer discipline in the case of a violation by a 
student of any rule or regulation other than those adopted 
by a Faculty. 

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THE PRESIDENT. 



Acting 



Leave of 
Absence. 



Degrees. 



§ 3. In the absence or disability of the President, pending 
action by the Trustees, the Dean who has been longest in 
office, who shall be in the regular performance of his duties, 
shall perform the duties and exercise the authority of the 
President ; provided that when two or more Deans have 
served an equal length of time in such office, such powers 
and duties shall devolve upon that one of them who has been 
longest in the service of the University. 

§ 4. a. In the case of professors absent on leave, the Presi- 
dent shall have power to make such temporary arrangements 
for the work of the University as he may deem proper, pro- 
vided that no expenditure shall be incurred beyond the limit 
of half-pay waived in each case by the absent professor, and 
provided, further, that no part of such funds shall be used to 
give additional pay to any one already in the service of the 
University. The President shall report the details of every 
such arrangement at the next meeting of the Trustees. 

b. The President shall also have power to grant leave of 
absence for reasonable cause, and for such length of time as 
he shall judge the occasion may require. Such leave of absence 
shall be entered upon the minutes of the appropriate Faculty. 

§ 5. The President shall have power, when the require- 
ments of the Statutes have been satisfactorily fulfilled, to 
confer degrees as follows: 

a. The degree of Bachelor of Arts, upon the recommenda- 
tion of the Faculty of Columbia College; 

b. The professional and technical degrees of Bachelor of 
Laws, Upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Law; Doc- 
tor of Medicine, upon the recommendation of the Faculty of 
Medicine; and Bachelor of Science, Engineer of Mines, Civil 
Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, and 
Mechanical Engineer, upon the recommendation of the Faculty 
of Applied Science; 

c. The degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Laws, and 
Doctor of Philosophy, upon the recommendation of the 
University Council ; 

d. The degree of Bachelor of Arts, upon the recommenda- 
tion of the Faculty of Barnard College, in accordance with 
the agreement between the University and that College, dated 
January 19, 1900; 

e. The degree of Bachelor of Science, upon the recom- 
mendation of the Faculty of Teachers College, in accordance 
with the agreement between the University and that College, 
dated April 6, 1900. 



THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 



CHAPTER II. 



THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 



§ I. a. The University Council shall consist of the Presi- 
dent, the Deans of the several University Faculties, ex-officio j 
of a representative chosen from and by each such Faculty; of 
the Dean and Secretary of the Faculty of Columbia College, 
ex-officio J of the Deans of Barnard College and Teachers Col- 
lege, respectively, ex-officio ; and of a representative chosen 
from and by the Faculty of each such last named Colleges 
when it shall maintain ten or more professors in the Faculty. 

b. The term "University Faculties" shall be deemed to 
include the Faculties of Law, Medicine, Applied Science, 
Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure Science. 

c. The term of office of an elected representative in the 
University Council shall begin on the first day of July next tives 
succeeding his election and shall be for three years, except 
that elections to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. 

§ 2. The Council (subject to the reserved power of control 
by the Trustees) shall have power, and it shall be its duty, 
in all matters not referred by statute to the President or the 
several Faculties : 

a. To fix and determine the conditions upon which the 
degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Laws, and Doctor of 
Philosophy shall be conferred, and to recommend candidates 
for such degrees; 

b. To secure the correlation of courses offered by the 
several University Faculties, with a view to increasing the 
efficiency and enlarging the range of university work; to 
encourage original research; to adjust all questions involving 
more than one Faculty; 

c. To make such recommendations, both to the Trustees 
and to the several Faculties, concerning the educational 
administration of the University as may seem to it proper, 
and to advise the President upon such matters as he may 
bring before it; 

d. To prescribe the form of the Commencement exercises 
and to select the speakers; 

e. To appoint all Fellows and to make rules for their gov- 
ernment, subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed 
by the Statutes or by the terms upon which the several 
Fellowships are established. 

§ 3. No exercise of the powers conferred upon the Council, 
which involves a change in the educational policy of the 



Membership. 



Definition of 
Term. 



Election of 
Representa- 



Powers. 



Limitation of 
Powers. 



THE FACULTIES. 



Limitation of 
Powers. 



Representa- 
tion of 
Seminaries. 



Meetings. 
Chairman. 



Secretary. 



University in respect to the requirements of admission, the 
course of study, or the conditions of graduation, shall take 
effect until the same shall have been submitted to the Trustees 
at one meeting, and another meeting of the Trustees shall 
have been held subsequent to that at which it was submitted. 

§ 4. The Council may invite a representative of the 
Faculties of the General Protestant Episcopal and of the 
Union Theological Seminaries, respectively, to sit with it, 
with power to advise only. 

§ 5. The Council shall meet quarterly during the academic 
year, and special meetings shall be held on the call of the 
President. In the absence of the President the Council shall 
elect a temporary Chairman. 

§ 6. The Council shall elect a Secretary, who shall perform 
the usual duties of a recording officer, issue notices of meet- 
ings, and perform such other duties as shall be assigned to 
him by the President or Council. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE FACULTIES. 



Limitation 
of Powers. 



§ I. The several Faculties (subject to the reserved power 
of control by the Trustees and the provisions of the Statutes) 
shall have power and it shall be their duty in the College and 
in their respective Schools: 

a. To fix the requirements of admission, the course of study, 
and the conditions of graduation; 

b. To establish rules for ascertaining the proficiency of 
students, and for the assignment of honors; 

c. To establish the rules of conduct to be observed by the 
students; 

d. To fix the times of examinations other than the entrance 
and final examinations; 

e. To prepare and publish from time to time a statement of 
the course of study, specifying the studie;5 to be pursued in 
each year, and in each of the departments of instruction; 

f. To make all such regulations of their own proceedings, 
and for the better government of the College and their 
respective Schools, as shall not contravene the Charter of the 
corporation, the Statutes, or any resolution of the Trustees 
or Council. 

§ 2. No exercise of the powers conferred on any of the 
Faculties, which involves a change in the educational policy 
of the University in respect to the requirements of admission, 



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Term of 
Office. 



the course of study, or the conditions of graduation, shall Limitation 
take effect until the same shall have been submitted to the 
Trustees at one meeting, and another meeting shall have 
been held subsequent to that at which it was submitted. 

§ 3. a. Each Faculty shall elect from among its own mem- Deans, 
bers a Dean, who shall hold office for a term of five years, and 
who shall be eligible for re-election, but he shall receive no 
additional compensation for his services in such office. 

b. The Dean shall be the executive officer of the Faculty, 
and it shall be his duty to report to the President annually, and 
as occasion shall require, the conditions and needs of the 
departments included in such Faculty. It shall also be his 
duty to enforce its rules and regulations and those of the 
Trustees and Council so far as they relate to the Faculty 
represented by him. In the absence of the President the 
Dean shall preside at the meetings of the Faculty. 

c. In the absence of the Dean the Faculty may elect an 
acting Dean, who shall exercise the powers and perform the 
duties of the Deari. 

d. The term of office of a Dean shall begin on July first and 
run for a period of five years. Any elections held during such 
a term shall be for the unexpired portion of the term. 

e. Nothing herein contained shall affect the compensation 
or term of office of any person now holding the office of Dean. 

§ 4. The Dean of each Faculty. shall, with the approval of Discipline, 
the President, administer discipline in the case of violation by 
a student of the rules and regulations of such Faculty. 

§ 5. Each Faculty shall elect a Secretary, who shall perform Secretaries, 
the usual duties of a recording officer, shall issue notices 
of meetings, and shall perform such other duties as may 
be assigned to him by the President or the Dean of his 
Faculty. 

§ 6. Each Faculty shall meet at least once a month during Meetings, 
the academic year, unless otherwise directed by the President, 
and special meetings shall be held on the call of the President, 
or, in his absence, of the Dean. 

§ 7. Each Faculty shall keep a book of minutes of its pro- Minutes, 
ceedings, which shall be submitted by the President at meet- 
ings of the Trustees. 

§ 8. The Faculty of the College or of any School may invite Right to Vote, 
other officers of instruction in the University to take part in their 
deliberations, but only the professors and adjunct professors 
who are members of such Faculty shall have the right to vote. 

§ 9. At each meeting of the several Faculties, the Presi- 
dent, or, in his absence, the acting chairman, shall read, for 
the information of the Faculty, so much of the printed sum- 



Resolutions 
of the 
Trustees. 



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THE FACULTIES. 



Attendance. 



Appoint- 
ments. 



Grades of 
Office. 



Precedence. 
Salaries. 



Payment of 
Salaries. 

Other Em- 
ployment. 



Leave of 
Absence. 



Emeritus 
Officers. 



mary of resolutions adopted by the Trustees at their last pre- 
ceding meeting as he may deem material. 

§ lo. Officers of instruction shall be required to be in 
attendance at the University during the academic year, unless 
excused by the President or absent on leave. 

§ II. Appointments of all officers of instruction, other than 
professors and adjunct professors, shall be made by the 
Faculties severally of the College or of the School in which 
such officers are to serve, subject to confirmation by the 
Trustees; except that to fill vacancies in such offices caused 
by death, resignation, or any emergency, the President may 
make appointments subject to like confirmation. The number 
of such officers and the amount of their compensation shall be 
determined in advance by the Trustees. 

§ 12. The following grades of office shall be recognized in 
all appointments as ranking relatively to each other in the 
following order: professor, adjunct professor, instructor, 
tutor, assistant. Lecturers and curators may also be ap- 
pointed. A lecturer is an officer whose connection with the 
University is temporary, or whose service is not continuous. 
A curator is an officer having charge of collections. 

§ 13. The professors in the several Faculties shall take 
precedence according to the dates of their appointments. 

§ 14. The salaries of the following named officers shall 
attach to the grade, and shall be as follows: 

a. The salary of every instructor when first appointed shall 
be sixteen hundred dollars a year, with an annual increase of 
one hundred dollars, up to two thousand dollars. 

b. The salary of every tutor when first appointed shall be 
one thousand dollars a year, with an annual increase of one 
hundred dollars, up to fifteen hundred dollars. 

c. The salary of every assistant shall be five hundred dol- 
lars; but this section shall not apply to the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons. 

§ 15. Payment of salaries shall be made monthly on the 
last day of each month, and at no other times. 

§ 16. No officer of instruction shall be employed in any 
occupation which interferes with the thorough, efficient, and 
earnest performance of the duties of his office. 

§ 17. Each professor shall be entitled once in every seven 
years to a year's leave of absence on half-pay, such year to count 
as a year of service to the University, provided, however, that 
not more than four professors shall be absent at any one time, 
and that the President shall adjust such leaves of absence. 

§ 18. Any professor who has been fifteen successive years 
or upwards in the service of the University, and who is also 



OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRA TION. 



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sixty-five years of age, or over, may at his own request 
signified to the President in writing, or upon the motion of 
the Trustees, be made an emeritus professor on half-pay from 
the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year. The pro- 
visions of this section shall also apply to the Librarian. 

§ 19. Emeritus professors shall have no stated duties, but 
their names shall be included in the printed lists of the 
Faculties, and they shall be officially invited to attend all 
public exercises and Commencements. 



Emeritus 
Officers. 



CHAPTER IV. 



OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION. 



§ I. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, under the 
direction of the President, to take charge of the Power House, 
and of the heating, ventilating, and lighting apparatus; to 
employ, control, and discharge all persons employed in and 
about the said Power House and apparatus, and all janitors, 
watchmen, and other subordinates and servants; and he 
shall have the care of the University grounds and buildings and 
of the furniture and fixtures therein, and shall see that the 
same are kept in good and proper order and in sufficient 
repair, and shall perform such other duties as may from time 
to time be designated by the President. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the University 
to perform such duties as may be designated by the President. 

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Bursar, under the instruc- 
tions of the Treasurer, to pay charges against such of the 
appropriations as may be designated by the Treasurer; to 
collect the fees of students; to receive all money on account 
of the Treasurer, due and payable at the University; to keep 
proper vouchers for all payments and proper accounts of all 
his transactions, in conformity with the instructions of the 
Treasurer; and, generally, to be the representative of the 
Treasurer at the University. It shall be the duty of the 
Assistant Bursar, under the direction of the Bursar, to per- 
form for the College of Physicians and Surgeons such duties 
as the Bursar may direct. 

§ 4. It shall be the duty of the Registrar, under the 
direction of the President, — (i), to take charge of the regis- 
tration of all students at Morningside Heights, to keep such 
records and to furnish such copies of the same as the President 
may direct; (2), to take charge of and be responsible for 



Superintend- 
ent of Bldgs. 
and Grounds. 



Secretary 
of the 
University. 

Bursar. 



Assistant 
Bursar. 



Registrar. 



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FOUNDATIONS. 



Registrar. 



Assistant 
Registrar. 



Bureau of 
Supplies. 



all matriculation papers and diplomas, and to keep proper 
record of the whereabouts of present and former students and 
graduates; (3), to prepare all necessary student rolls and to 
keep such records as may be required for the proper com- 
pilation of student statistics; (4), to furnish the Treasurer, 
upon the forms provided for the purpose, the information 
necessary for the collectiop of fees; (5), and to perform such 
other duties as the President may direct. 

It shall be the duty of the Assistant Registrar, under the 
direction of the Registrar, to perforrn for the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons such duties as the Registrar may 
direct. 

§ 5. It shall be the duty of the Registrar as Chief of the 
Bureau of Purchases and Supplies, under the direction of the 
President, — (i), to have charge of the purchasing of all 
supplies for the use of the University; (2), to audit and 
approve all bills for such purchase, and to draw the warrants 
for the payment of same; (3), to maintain a supply of sta- 
tionery for the general use of the University, and to keep 
proper record of its disposition; (4), to perform such other 
duties as the President may direct. 



CHAPTER V. 



FOUNDATIONS. 



Scholarships. 



Fellowships. 



Professor- 
ships. 



§ I. A Scholarship may be founded in the College or in 
any School by the payment to the Treasurer of not less than 
five thousand dollars, and the person founding the same, 
his representatives and assigns, shall be entitled to have 
always one student educated in the College or in such School 
free of all charges for tuition. The Scholarship shall bear 
such title as the founder may designate, subject to the 
approval of the Trustees. 

§ 2. A Fellowship may be founded by the payment to the 
Treasurer of not less than ten thousand dollars for the 
encouragement of advanced study and original research in 
such subject or subjects, and bearing such title as the 
founder may designate, subject to the approval of the 
Trustees. 

§ 3. A Professorship may be founded by the payment to 
the Treasurer of not less than one hundred thousand dollars 
to provide instruction in such subject, and bearing such title 
as the founder may designate, subject to the approval of the 
Trustees. 



THE LIBRARY. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



THE LIBRARY. 

§ I. The Librarian shall be the executive officer of the Librarian. 
Library, under the direction of the President, and it shall be 
his duty to see that the Statutes, and all resolutions, rules, 
and regulations relating to the Library are properly enforced. 
He shall be the custodian of the property of the Library, and 
of its files, records, books, and papers, and shall have the 
general charge and control of the Library and the rooms con- 
taining it, and also of the expenditures of all moneys appro- 
priated by the Trustees for the purchase of books and supplies 
therefor; he shall appoint all needed assistants and subordinate 
officers, and fix their titles, duties, and compensations, pro- 
vided that the total amount shall not exceed the appropriation 
of the Trustees for that purpose; he shall make and enforce 
by suitable penalties any needed rules and regulations relating 
to the Library, its readers, officers, or servants. All bills on 
account of the Library, for books, periodicals, binding, adminis- 
tration, or other expenses, shall be examined and certified by 
the Librarian, or, in his absence, by the deputy duly appointed, 
and shall be countersigned by the President, before being paid. 

§ 2. a. All books, maps, charts, and other printed matter Purchase and 
strictly technical in character and peculiarly and immediately Books, 
valuable and necessary in direct connection with the lectures 
and laboratory work of departments, heretofore or hereafter 
purchased for the exclusive use of any department, shall be 
deemed a part of the equipment of such department, shall 
be paid for out of departmental appropriations, and shall be 
scheduled and cared for under the rules governing depart- 
mental equipment. Such departmental equipment shall be 
purchased by heads of departments and charged to the equip- 
ment appropriations for such departments, such purchases 
having first been approved by the President; but specific 
appropriations for this class of equipment may not be used for 
the purchase of other equipment. 

b. All other books, maps, charts, and other printed matter 
shall be deemed a part of the Library, and shall be stamped 
and catalogued as such. Such books and other material shall 
be purchased by the Librarian, and paid for out of the 
general book fund, or other specific appropriations, or out 
of the revenues from specific gifts and bequests. 

§ 3. Books shall not be loaned except in conformity with Loan of 
regulations prescribed by the Committee of the Trustees on ^°°''^- 
the Library. 



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CHA PEL— COLLE GE. 



Official 
Reports. 



Gifts. 



Theses and 

Essays. 



§ 4. No less than three copies of all reports and other 
matter printed by authority of the Trustees, except such as 
may be printed for their exclusive use, shall be deposited in 
the Library. 

§ 5. All gifts of money to the Library shall be paid to the 
Treasurer, who shall disburse the same, subject to the approval 
of the President, for the purpose, if any, specified by the 
donor, without special vote or appropriation; and such gifts 
made without conditions shall be used for buying books, 
which shall be marked with the donor's name. 

§ 6. A copy of every thesis, essay, oration, or other written 
matter which shall be delivered at Commencement, or upon 
which any prize or degree shall be awarded shall be deposited 
in the Library in printed or written form suitable for binding. 



CHAPTER VII. 

THE CHAPEL. 

Attendance. § i. Attendance upon the Chapel services shall be volun- 
tary, but all persons connected with the University, whether 
as officers or students, shall be invited to take part in such 
services. 
Chaplains. § 2. It shall be the duty of the President to make suitable 
arrangements for the conduct of the Chapel services with 
such clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church as he 
may think proper. 

CHAPTER VIII. 



Faculty. 



Admission. 



THE COLLEGE. 

§ I. The Faculty of the College shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and the heads of the Departments of Astronomy, 
Botany, Comparative Literature, Chemistry, English, Geology, 
Germanic Languages and Literatures, Greek, History, Latin, 
Mathematics, Mechanics, Philosophy and Education, Physics, 
Political Economy, Psychology, Romance Languages and 
Literatures, and Zoology, and such professors as may be 
assigned to this Faculty by the Trustees. 

§ 2. No student shall be admitted to the Freshmen Class, 
at its formation, unless he shall have attained the age of 
fifteen years; nor to a more advanced standing without a 
corresponding increase of age; but this rule may be dispensed 
with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient 
reasons to justify its relaxation. 



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Classes. 



§ 3. Every candidate for admission shall be required to Certificate of 
present, before examination, a certificate of good moral ^'^^'■*<=*^''' 
character from his last teacher, or from some citizen in good 
standing; and students from other colleges shall be required 
to bring certificates from such colleges of honorable discharge. 

§ 4. There shall be four classes of students, to be desig- 
nated respectively as the Freshman Class, the Sophomore 
Class, the Junior Class, and the Senior Class. The course of 
study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the 
entire course four years. 

§ 5. Every student who shall have completed the entire Degree, 
course of four years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to receive 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 



CHAPTER IX. 



SCHOOL OF LAW. 



§ I. The Faculty of Law shall consist of the President Faculty, 
and the Professors of Law. 

§ 2. The Faculty shall have power to arrange with suitable Lectures, 
persons for the delivery of lectures on special topics, provided 
the expense so incurred shall not exceed the appropriation 
therefor; but the Faculty shall from time to time report to the 
Trustees the names of all such lecturers and a list of the 
topics. 

§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first year of the Admission, 
curriculum unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen 
years; nor to a more advanced standing without a corre- 
sponding increase of age; but this rule may be dispensed with 
when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient reasons 
to justify its relaxation. 

§ 4. Graduates of colleges and scientific schools in good Admission, 
standing, and all persons who have received the Regents' 
Academic Diploma, shall be admitted without examination 
until June 30th, 1903. All other persons presenting them- 
selves for admission to the School prior to June 30th, 1903, 
must comply with such requirements as may be prescribed by 
the Faculty. No person shall be admitted after June 30th, 
1903, to the School except graduates of colleges and scientific 
schools in good standing, or persons presenting satisfactory 
evidence of equivalent training. 

§ 5. No candidate for a degree shall be admitted to 
advanced standing until he shall have passed a satisfactory 



Advanced 
Standing, 



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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



Advanced examination upon the studies pursued by the class to which 



standing 



Bachelor's 
Degree. 



Master's 



he seeks admission, and no candidate shall receive a degree 
unless he shall have passed the third year in this School. 

§ 6. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall 
be divided into three clases. The course of study of each 
of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course 
three years. Every student who shall have completed the 
entire course of three years, and shall have passed satisfac- 
torily all the examinations required of him, shall be qualified 
to receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Should the 
student not have attained the age of twenty- one years at the 
time of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be 
deferred until he shall have attained that age. 

§ 7. The degree of Master of Laws may be conferred upon 
Degree, pgj-sons who have received the degree of Bachelor of Laws 
after having pursued the study of law for three years in some 
college or law school offering a course of study of three years 
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and who shall 
have pursued, for at least one year thereafter, as a member of 
the School of Law, a course of study provided by the 
Faculty, and shall have passed satisfactory examinations 
therein. The Faculty of Law may, however, in its discretion, 
require any applicant for the degree of Master of Laws to 
pass satisfactory examinations in the work offered by the 
School of Law of Columbia University for the degree of 
Bachelor of Laws as a condition of entering upon the course 
of study for the degree of Master of Laws. 

§ 8. A student who shall not have pursued the full course 
of study shall be entitled to a certificate, stating the duration 
of his attendance and the desfree of his attainment. 



Certificate 



CHAPTER X. 



SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



Agreement 
of Union, 



Faculty. 



The following Statutes are enacted in accordance 

WITH the terms of THE AGREEMENT FORMING THE BASIS OF 
UNION BETWEEN THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 

AND THE Trustees of Columbia College in the City of 
New York: 

§ I. The Faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
shall consist of the President and of the occupants of the 
eight chairs of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, Pathology, 
Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Practice of Medicine, 
Surgery, and Obstetrics. 



SCHOOLS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. 



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Special 
Students. 



Admission to 
Second Year, 



§ 2. All officers of instruction shall be appointed by the Appoint- 
Trustees after nomination by the said Faculty. ™^" ^" 

§ 3. Matriculates who shall have declared themselves in 
Avriting not to be candidates for the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons may be 
admitted as special students upon such conditions, other than 
those relating to fees, as the Faculty shall prescribe. No 
special student shall revoke the said declaration and become 
a candidate for the said degree, unless, subsequently to the 
said revocation, he shall have fulfilled all the requirements 
for graduation in Medicine. 

§ 4. No matriculate shall be admitted to the second year 
of the medical curriculum who shall not have pursued satis- 
factorily such a course at some other Medical School as shall 
have been recognized by the Faculty as an equivalent for the 
first year of the medical curriculum at the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons. No course of another Medical School 
shall be so recognized which shall have begun during the same 
calendar year as the session to which admission is sought. 

§ 5. There shall be four classes of students. The course 
of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the 
entire course four years. 

§ 6. Every candidate shall be entitled to be recommended Degree 
for the degree of Doctor of Medicine who, being of good 
moral character, shall have— 

a. Filed duly a medical student's certificate of the Regents 
of the University of the State of New York, showing him to 
have complied with Chapter 467 of the Laws of 1889, entitled 
"An act to provide for the preliminary education of medical 
students," and the law,s amendatory thereof; 

b. Completed the required curriculum; 

c. Passed satisfactorily all the examinations required of 
him. 

Should a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine 
not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of 
graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
until he shall have attained that age. 



Classes. 



CHAPTER XI. 



SCHOOLS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. 



§ I. The Faculty of Applied Science shall consist of the Faculty. 
President and the Professors in the Departments of Mathe- 
matics, Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, 



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SCHOOLS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. 



Faculty. 



Use of Title. 



Age of 
Admission. 



Course of 
Study. 



School of 
Mines. 



School of 
Chemistry. 

School of 
Engineering. 



School of 
Architecture. 



Mineralogy, Mining, Metallurgy, and Architecture, and any 
other Professors who may be specifically assigned to this Faculty 
by the Trustees. This Faculty shall have charge of the Schools 
of Applied Science, to wit: the School of Mines, the School 
of Chemistry, the School of Engineering, and the School 
of Architecture, and in addition thereto, each department 
represented in it may, with the approval of the Faculty, offer 
such university courses as in its judgment will develop most 
advantageously the study of its specialty. 

§ 2. No officer of the Schools of Applied Science shall use 
the official title of any such School or of the University, or 
refer to his professional connection therewith, in any opinion 
or certificate which he may give as to the merits or claim, 
either relative or positive, of any association or company 
engaged in manufacturing, mining, or other practical busi- 
ness, or to any scientific or practical invention, without the 
approval or assent of the Trustees. 

§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first class of any 
of the Schools of Applied Science, at the formation of the 
class, unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen years; 
nor to a more advanced standing without a corresponding 
increase of age; but this rule may be dispensed with when, 
in the opinion of the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, 
there are sufficient reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 4. There shall be in each School of Applied Science four 
classes of students, to be designated respectively as the First, 
Second, Third, and Fourth Class. The course of study of 
each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire 
course four years. 

§ 5. a. The School of Mines shall conduct the courses in 
Mining and in Metallurgy, leading respectively to the degrees 
of Engineer of Mines and Metallurgical Engineer. 

b. The School of Chemistry shall conduct the courses in 
Chemistry, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. 

c. The School of Engineering shall conduct the courses in 
Civil Engineering, in Sanitary Engineering, in Mechanical 
Engineering, and in Electrical Engineering. The first two 
of these courses shall lead to the degree of Civil Engineer, 
and the others respectively to the degree of Mechanical 
Engineer and Electrical Engineer. 

d. The School of Architecture shall conduct the course in 
Architecture leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. 

e. At the beginning of the first year, each student in any of 
the Schools of Applied Science shall elect which of the courses 
above mentioned he intends to pursue, and, after having made 
his election, he shall not be permitted to abandon the course 



SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



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chosen in order to take up another without the consent of the School of 
President and the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. Architecture. 

§ 6. Every student who shall have completed the entire Degrees, 
course of four years and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to receive 
either the degree of Engineer of Mines, Metallurgical 
Engineer, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical 
Engineer, or Bachelor of Science. 

§ 7. There shall be the following summer courses: a 
Summer Course in Surveying, a Summer Course in Practical 
Geodesy, a Summer Course in Practical Mining, a Summer 
Course in Mechanical Engineering, and a Summer Course in 
Geology, all of which shall be under the direction of the 
Faculty of Applied Science, which shall designate an officer 
to take charge of each of such courses, shall prescribe the 
requirements for attendance, and shall make such regulations 
therefor as they may deem proper. 



Summer 
Courses. 



CHAPTER XII. 



SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



§ I. The Faculty of Political Science shall consist of the 
President and the professors engaged in the course of instruc- 
tion. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree must have successfully 
pursued a course of study in the College, or in some other 
institution maintaining an equivalent course of study, to 
the close of the Junior year, or must pass a satisfactory 
examination upon the studies of the first three years of the 
College. 



§ 3. The course of study 
young men for the duties of 
the history -of the literature 
general constitutional history 
stitutional history of England 



shall be designed to prepare 

public life, and shall embrace 

of the political sciences; the 

of Europe; the special con- 

and the United States; the 



Roman law and the jurisprudence of existing codes derived 
therefrom; the comparative constitutional law of European 
states and of the United States; the comparative constitutional 
law of the different States of the American Union; the history 
of diplomacy; international law; systems of administrations, 
state and national, of the United States; comparison of 
American and European systems of administration; political 
economy and statistics. 



Faculty, 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



Course of 
Study. 



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PHILOSOPHY— PURE SCIENCE. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 



Faculty, 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



Course of 
Study. 



§ I. The Faculty of Philosophy shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and the professors engaged in the course of instruction. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree must have successfully pur- 
sued a course of study in the College, or in some other insti- 
tution maintaining an equivalent course of study, to the 
close of the Junior year, or must pass a satisfactory examina- 
tion upon the studies of the first three years of the College. 

§ 3. The course of study shall embrace instruction in 
Logic; Psychology; Ethics; History of Philosophy; Peda- 
gogics; the Greek Language and Literature, including Epig- 
raphy and Archaeology; the Latin Language and Literature, 
including Epigraphy and Archaeology; the English Language 
and Literature, including Anglo-Saxon and Gothic; the Ger- 
manic Languages and Literatures; the Romance Languages 
and Literatures; Sanskrit and Zend; and the Semitic Lan- 
guages. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



SCHOOL OF PURE SCIENCE. 



Faculty. 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



§ I. a. TheFaculty of Pure Science shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and of all professors who give instruction leading to the 
degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in the 
Departments of Mathematics, Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, 
Mineralogy, Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, and Botany, and 
of such other professors as may be specifically assigned to this 
Faculty by the Trustees. 

b. Any member of this Faculty, who is also a member of 
another Faculty that elects a delegate to the University Coun- 
cil, shall vote for this purpose in one Faculty only. He shall 
notify the Secretary of the Faculty of Pure Science, when 
called upon to do so, in which Faculty he elects to exercise 
this right, and, thereafter, he shall not be allowed to vote for 
a delegate to the University Council in a different Faculty 
without the formal consent of the Trustees. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree in this School must have suc- 
cessfully pursued a course of study in the College, or in some 
other institution maintaining an equivalent course of study. 



STUDENTS AND AUDITORS. 



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to the close of the junior year, or must pass a satisfactory Candidates 

•^ / ' ■' for a Degree, 

examination upon the studies of the first three years of the 
College. 

8 X. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to give university University 

^ *^ •' J G J Instruction. 

instruction in the several subjects represented by the depart- 
ments embraced in it; and in addition, to give in the Schools 
of Applied Science, whatever instruction may be needed in 
such subjects. 

§ 4. Specimens from the geological, zoological, botanical, 
mineralogical, metallurgical, chemical, architectural, and other 
collections, shall not be loaned, except by special permission 
of the Trustees. 



Loan of 
Specimens. 



CHAPTER XV. 



STUDENTS AND AUDITORS. 



§ I. Every student will be required, as a condition of ad- ^q^"*^"*** 
mission to the College or to any School, to matriculate on a 
blank prepared for the purpose, upon which he shall state his 
name, place of abode, and post-office address, and, if he is 
under twenty-one years of age, the n^me, place of abode, and 
post-office address of his father or guardian, and such other 
information as may be from time to time required. 

§ 2. No student shall be required to matriculate more than Registration, 
once while a member of the University, but at the beginning 
of each academic year each student shall file with the Presi- 
dent a statement containing the information required by the 
foregoing section. 

§ 3. An honorable discharge shall always be granted to any Discharge, 
student in good standing who may desire to withdraw from 
the University; but no student, under the age of twenty-one 
years, shall be entitled to a discharge without the assent of 
his parent or guardian, furnished in writing to the President. 

§ 4. Any. matriculated student may attend any combination Attendance, 
of courses permitted by the President, by and with the advice 
of the University Council. Such student shall pay the fee 
proper to the College or to the School in which he takes the 
greatest number of hours. 

§ 5. Special students may be admitted in the College and 
in all the Schools, under regulations prescribed by the several 
Faculties. 

§ 6. Students in other institutions designated for the pur- 
pose by the Trustees may, upon the nomination of the heads 
of such institutions respectively, and with the approval of the 



Special 
Students. 



Students in 
other Insti- 
tutions. 



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FEES. 



University 

Courses. 

Auditors. 



President, attend lectures in the College or in any of the 
Schools, without the payment of tuition fees. 

§ 7. All university courses under the Faculties of Political 
Science, Philosophy and Pure Science, subject to the consent 
of the professor delivering the course, and under regulations 
to be determined by the President, may be opened to the pub- 
lic upon the payment of the statutory fee. Persons attending 
courses under the provisions of this section and not matricu- 
lating shall be designated as "auditors." 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Matriculation 
Fees. 



Tuition 
Fees. 



FEES. 

§ I. The following fees are established: 

\d) For Matriculation, . . . . • . . $5 

(3) For Tuition, for candidates for a degree : 

In Columbia College, per annum, . . .150 

In the School of Law, per annum, , . 150 

In the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

per annum, ...... 200 

In the Schools of Applied Science, per annum, 200 

{c) For Tuition, for candidates for the degrees of 
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, per 
annum, ........ 150 

provided, however, that the maximum fee for 
such candidates shall be, respectively, $150 and 
$300 when the course of study for the Master's 
degree does not exceed three years, and for 
the Doctor's degree five years. The privileges 
open to students paying such fee by install- 
ments shall be limited to courses taken for the 
degree, and any other courses taken by such 
students must be paid for as though they were 
special students. 

{d) For Tuition, for students not candidates for a 
degree or pursuing partial courses, at the rate 
of $15 per annum for each hour of attendance 
per week on lectures or recitations, with a 
maximum fee, per annum, .... 150 
except that in the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons and in the Schools of Applied Science 
tuition shall be at the rate of $20 per annum 
for each hour of attendance per week on 
lectures or recitations, with a maximum fee, 
per annum, ....... 200 



FEES. 



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{e) For Auditors, at the rate of $20 per annum for 
each hour of attendance per week on lectures 
or recitations, with a maximum fee of . . $200 

(/) For Examinations: 

For examinations at unusual times, . . 5 

For the Bachelor's degree (not professional or 

technical), ....... 15 

For any professional or technical degree, . 25 

For the degree of Master of Arts, ... 25 

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, . 35 

(<§") Gymnasium Fee, for the use of the Gymnasium 

and Baths, and the exclusive use of a locker, 7 

payable annually in advance, by all male stu- 
dents, except the following, who shall be 
exempt: 

(i) Students in the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons; 

(2) Students who have been in residence for a 

term of four years, and who have paid 
the fee for each of such years, unless 
they shall elect to use the privileges of 
the Gymnasium; 

(3) Students presenting a physician's certificate 

of actual physical disability; 
For students in the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons and all officers and male graduates, 
electing to use the privileges of the Gym- 
nasium, per annum, ..... 7 
§ 2. Students who are not candidates for a degree shall be 
charged a fee for laboratory courses and for the use of labora- 
tories in accordance with a schedule prepared by the head of 
the department having charge of the laboratory and approved 
by the President and Treasurer. 

§ 3. A deposit for the use of apparatus, material and other 
like purpose shall be charged when prescribed by the head of 
the department supplying the same, with the approval of the 
President and Treasurer. 

§ 4. The amount of fees to be paid in special cases for 
partial attendance shall be determined by the President and 
Treasurer. 

§ 5. The matriculation fee shall be paid before the entrance 
•examination. Examination fees shall be paid in all cases be- 
fore examination. From and after July i, 1902, every student 
failing to register within the limits of time fixed by the regula- 
tions of the University shall be allowed to register only by the 
payment of an additional fee of five dollars. 



Auditor's 
Fees. 



Examination 
Fees. 



Laboratory 
Fees. 



Deposits. 



Fees in 
Special Cases. 



Payment 
of Fees. 



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ACADEMIC COSTUME. 



Payment of 
Tuition Fees. 



Prepayment 
of Dues. 



Exemption of 
Graduate 
Students. 



§ 6. Annual tuition fees shall be paid in equal installments 
on or before the last Saturday in October, and on or before 
the third Saturday in February in each academic year; but 
whenever the total amount of such fee shall not exceed one 
hundred dollars, the full amount shall be paid at entrance. 

§ 7. No candidate for a degree in the College or in any 
School shall be entitled to receive the same until he shall have 
discharged all his dues to the University. 

§ 8. Students who have taken the degree of Doctor of 
Philosophy in this University may, with the consent of the 
University Council, continue their researches in the labora- 
tories or library of the University without the payment of 
tuition fees. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



ACADEMIC COSTUME. 

Costume. § i. The following described academic costume is adopted, 
to be worn upon all appropriate occasions, as indicating the 
several degrees and the Faculties to which they pertain. 
Gowns. Gowns. I. Pattern. — Those commonly worn, with pointed 
sleeves for the Bachelor's degree, with long closed sleeves for 
the Master's degree, and with round open sleeves for the 
Doctor's degree. 2. Material. — Worsted stuff for the Bach- 
elor's degree; silk for the Master's and Doctor's degrees. 

3. Color. — Black. 4. Trimmings. — For the Bachelor's and 
Master's degrees the gowns are to be untrimmed. For the 
Doctor's degree the gown is to be faced down the front with 
black velvet, with bars of the same across the sleeves; or the 
facings and crossbars may be of velvet of the same color as 
the binding or edges of the hood, being distinctive of the 
Faculty to which the degree pertains. 

Hoods. Hoods. I. Pattern. — The pattern usually followed by 
colleges and universities save as modified below. 2. Mate- 
rial. — The same as that of the gown. 3. Color. — Black. 

4. Length. — The length and form of the hood will indicate 
the degree, as follows: For the Bachelor's degree, the length 
shall be three-fourths that of the Master's degree. The 
Master's degree shall be of the customary length, not exceed- 
ing four feet; and the Doctor's degree shall be of the same 
length but have panels at the sides. 5. Linings. — The hoods 
shall be lined with the official colors of the University; light 
blue and white. 6. Trimmings. — The binding or edging, not 
more than six inches in width, to be of silk, satin or velvet, 
the color to be distinctive of the Faculty to which the degree 
pertains, thus: Faculty of Arts and Letters, white. Faculty 



ACADEMIC CALENDAR. 25 

of Theology, scarlet. Faculty of Law, purple. Faculty of Hoods. 
Medicine, green. Faculty of Philosophy, dark blue. Faculty 
of Science, yellow. Faculty of Fine Arts, brown. Faculty of 
Music, pink. 

Caps. The caps shall be of the material and form generally Caps, 
called mortar-board caps. The color shall be black. The 
Doctor's cap may be of velvet. Each cap shall be ornamented 
with a long tassel attached to the middle point at the top. 
The tassel of the Doctor's cap may be, in whole or in part, of 
gold thread. 

8 2. Members of the governing body shall be entitled, dur- L"""^!^*^' r 

",. r -r ? ri-i ••• Members of 

mg their term of orhce, to wear the gown of highest dignity — Faculties, 
that of the Doctor's degree — together with the hood appro- 
priate to the degree which they may have severally received. 
Members of the Faculties, and any persons officially connected 
with the University who have been recipients of academic 
honors from other universities or colleges in good standing. Degrees 
may assume the academic costume corresponding to their coUeges. 
degree, as described in the foregoing section, provided, that 
such right shall terminate if such persons shall cease to be 
connected with the University. The President and Deans of 
Faculties may adopt distinctive badges, not inconsistent with 
the costume hereinbefore described. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

ACADEMIC CALENDAR. 

§ I. There shall be a vacation in the College and in all the vacation. 
Schools to be fixed annually in advance by the University 
Council, but such vacation shall not begin earlier than the 
second Wednesday in June, nor extend beyond the first Mon- 
day in October, except by consent of the Trustees. 

§ 2. There shall be an intermission of the public lectures intermissions, 
on Ash-Wednesday, on Good Friday, on public holidays estab- 
lished by law, and on such days in each year as may be recom- 
mended by .the civil authority to be observed as days of fast or 
thanksgiving; and at Christmas time for a period not exceed- 
ing two weeks, to be determined by the University Council. 

§ 3. The President may, in extraordinary cases, grant an intermissions, 
intermission for other days, not exceeding three days at any 
one time ; and it shall be his duty to report the same at the 
next succeeding meeting of the Trustees, together with the 
object and the reason for granting such intermission. 

§ 4. The number of terms in the College and in each Terms. 
School, and their duration, shall be fixed annually, in advance, 
by the University Council. 



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PUB Lie A TIONS— LECTURES AND MEETINGS. 



Examina- 
tions. 



Commence- 
ment. 



Baccalaureate 
Sermon. 



§ 5. The dates for entrance and final examinations in the 
College and in the various Schools shall be fixed annually, in 
advance, by the University Council. Other examinations may 
be held at the pleasure of each Faculty. 

§ 6. There shall be an annual Commencement on a day to 
be fixed annually, in advance, by the University Council, when 
degrees shall be conferred. 

§ 7. Commencement Week shall begin on the Sunday pre- 
ceding Commencement Day with religious services, in which 
the officers and students of the University shall be invited to 
participate. Such services shall consist of the reading of 
morning or evening prayer, as set forth in the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, and the delivery of a baccalaureate sermon, the 
preacher thereof to be selected by the Trustees. The Presi- 
dent shall have charge of the arrangements for such service. 



Printing and 
Advertising. 



Handbook: 
Catalogue. 



President's 

and 

Treasurer's 

Reports. 



General 
Catalogue. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

PUBLICATIONS. 

§ I. All printing and advertising connected with the edu- 
cational administration of the University, unless otherwise 
directed by the Statutes or By-Laws, or by resolution of the 
Trustees, shall be prepared, edited, and published under the 
direction of the President by an officer appointed by him. 

§ 2. A handbook of information or catalogue containing 
the names of the officers, the requirements of admission, the 
courses of instruction, the existing regulations, and such other 
information concerning the University as the President may 
think expedient, shall be issued annually. 

§ 3. A summary of the annual reports of the President and 
Treasurer shall be annually printed and distributed under the 
direction of the President among the Alumni and friends of 
the University. 

§ 4. All publications for the use of the Trustees shall be 
printed in octavo form, and, so far as possible, in uniform style. 

§ 5. The general catalogue of the Trustees, officers, Alumni, 
and honorary graduates of the University, shall be published 
in 1894, and every sixth year thereafter. 



Public 
Lectures. 



CHAPTER XX. 

PUBLIC LECTURES AND MEETINGS. 

§ I. Public lectures shall from time to time be delivered at 
the University or elsewhere during the academic year by such 
officers of the University or others as the President may think 
proper to invite, attendance upon which shall be either free 



FELLOWSHIPS. 



27 



or subject to a moderate charge as the President may deter- 
mine, provided that the expense incurred for such lectures 
shall not exceed the amount appropriated therefor. All fees 
collected or received from persons attending such lectures 
shall be paid to the Treasurer, and form part of the general 
funds of the University. 

§ 2. The Association of the Alumni of Columbia College, 
the iVlumni Association of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, the Association of the Alumni of the Schools of Science, 
the Academy of Political Science, and other organizations 
approved by the President, may hold occasional meetings in 
the University buildings in such room or rooms as the President 
may designate, provided such meetings shall not interfere with 
the hours of instruction or the educational uses of the buildings. 



Public 
Lectures. 



Public 
Meetings. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



FELLOWSHIPS. 

§ I. There shall be eighteen University Fellowships, each University 
of the value of six hundred and fifty dollars a year, but addi- ^ °^^ *^^' 
tional University Fellows may be appointed in cases where 
the original appointee waives the emolument of the fellowship 
while accepting the honor of the appointment, and in cases 
where a University Fellow desires reappointment without 
emolument. Such fellowships shall be awarded by the Coun- 
cil to those applicants who give evidence of special fitness 
to pursue courses of higher study and original investigation, 
and the competition therefor shall be open to graduates of all 
colleges and scientific schools. Vacancies occurring in any 
of such fellowships shall be filled in the same manner in which 
original appointments are made. 

§ 2. Fellows appointed under the foregoing section shall Term of 
hold office for one year, and may be reappointed for two °*^*^^- 
terms of one year each, and no more. 

§ 3. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the " John 
Tyndall Fellowship for the Encouragement of Research in 
Physics," which shall be held by some suitable person, who 
shall be either a graduate or a student in the University, but 
not necessarily a candidate for a degree. Such Fellow shall be 
appointed by the Council upon the recommendation of the 
head of the Department of Physics. Such appointment shall 
always be for the term of one year only, but the Fellow, for 
the time being, shall be eligible for appointment from year to 
year upon like recommendation. The Fellow so appointed 
shall be entitled to receive during his term of office the net 



Tyndall 
Fellowship. 



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FELLOWSHIPS. 



Tyndall 
Fellowship. 



Barnard 
Fellowship. 



Duties of 

Tyndall and 

Barnard 

Fellows. 



Columbia 
Fellowship. 



income of the capital sum constituting the endowment ; and the 
Trustees guarantee that such net income will amount to at least 
six hundred and forty-eight dollars a year, being six per cent, 
upon ten thousand eight hundred dollars, the fund presented 
to the University by Professor Tyndall. 

§ 4. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
"Barnard Fellowship for Encouraging Scientific Research," 
which shall be open, as expressed in the will of President Bar- 
nard, to "some alumnus of the School of Arts or of the School 
of Science, known as the School of Mines of Columbia Col- 
lege," now known respectively as the College, the Schools of 
Applied Science, and the School of Pure Science. Such Fellow 
shall be appointed by the Council upon the joint vote of the 
Faculties of the College, and of Applied Science, and of Pure 
Science, recommending such an alumnus "as evincing decided 
aptness for physical investigation and who may be disposed 
to devote himself to such investigation for some years con- 
tinuously." Such appointment shall be for the term of one 
year only, but the Fellow, for the time being, shall be eligible 
for reappointment upon like joint recommendation, and he 
shall be entitled to receive the net income of the capital sum 
constituting the endowment, which shall accrue during his 
incumbency. 

§ 5. It shall be the duty of a Fellow appointed under sec- 
tion three or four to devote himself faithfully to the investi- 
gation of some subject in physical science at this University, 
or at some other in this country or abroad, under the super- 
vision of some known physicist, approved by the President 
and the head of the Department of Physics. He shall make 
a report quarterly to the President, giving an account of the 
work in which he has been engaged during the three months 
preceding; which report shall be certified by the physicist 
superintending and directing him. In case of failure faith- 
fully to fulfil the obligations imposed upon him, such Fellow 
shall forfeit all privileges and emoluments conferred upon him 
by his appointment to the fellowship, and the Council may at 
any time declare the fellowship to be vacant. 

§ 6. There shall be a fellowship to be knovv^n as the "Col- 
umbia Fellowship in Architecture," which shall be open to all 
graduates of the School of Architecture less than thirty years 
of age, and shall be awarded under such rules and regulations 
as shall from time to time be determined by the President and 
the Professor of Architecture. Holders of such fellowship 
shall devote the income thereof to foreign study and travel in 
accordance with plans prepared by themselves and approved 
by the President and such Professor, and shall upon return 



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present a written report and exhibit drawings in the School of 
Architecture. Such fellowship shall be awarded in the spring 
of every even-numbered year, and the payments thereof shall 
be made by the Treasurer on the certificate of the Professor 
of Architecture, endorsed by the President. 

§ 7. There shall be two fellowships to be known as the 
' ' McKim Fellowships in Architecture, " which shall be awarded 
upon like conditions and for like purposes as are specified in 
the foregoing section, but such fellowships shall be awarded 
in the spring of every uneven-numbered year, and payments 
thereof shall be made by the Treasurer, on the certificate of 
the Professor of Architecture, endorsed by the President. 

§ 8. There shall be three fellowships in the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, to be known as the "Fellowships of 
the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons," the candidates for such fellowships to be designated 
and appointed by the Association on such conditions as may 
be approved by it. Each fellowship shall be of the value of 
five hundred dollars a year for two years, to be paid quarterly 
by the Association to the Treasurer of the University and by 
said Treasurer to each Fellow, so long as such Association 
shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 9. In commemoration of the semi-centennial in the service 
of the University of Henry Drisler, LL.D., of the Class of 
1839, who has held in this University the chairs of both Latin 
and Greek, there shall be a fellowship in Classical Philology of 
the value of six hundred and fifty dollars a year, to be known 
as the "Henry Drisler Fellowship in Classical Philology." 

§ 10. There shall be a University Fellowship to be known 
as the "Class of '70 Fellowship," of the annual value of five 
hundred dollars, which, after the expiration of the term of the 
present incumbent, shall be filled by the University Council, 
and shall be subject to such rules and regulations, not incon- 
sistent with the Statutes, as may be prescribed by the Council. 

§ II. No Fellow shall be allowed to accept remunerative 
employment except by permission of the President, and the 
acceptance of any such employment, without such permission, 
shall operate to vacate the fellowship. 

§ 12. All Fellows, except as hereinbefore provided, shall 
be required to pursue their studies during the term of their 
fellowship at this University, unless permission be granted 
them by the President to study elsewhere. 

§ 13. All Fellows shall be governed by such rules and regu- 
lations, not inconsistent with the Statutes, as may be pre- 
scribed by the Council. 



Columbia 
Fellowship. 



McKim 
Fellowships. 



Alumni 
Fellowships. 



Drisler 
Fellowship. 



Class of '70 
Fellowship. 



Remunerative 
Employment. 



Place of 
Study. 



Regulations. 



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FELLO WSHIPS. 



Annual 
Fellowships. 



Mosenthal 
Fellowship. 



Schiff 
Fellowship. 



Perkins 
Fellowship. 



§ 14. The Treasurer may receive gifts of money for fellow- 
ships to run for one year or more, provided that no fellowship 
shall be created for less than five hundred dollars per annum. 
Such fellowship shall be filled by the University Council, and 
shall be subject to such rules and regulations, not inconsistent 
with the Statutes, as may be prescribed by the Council. 

§ 15. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the "Joseph 
Mosenthal Fellowship in Music," which shall be awarded at 
least every second year, upon the recommendation of the Pro- 
fessor of Music, to some competent person, either man or 
woman, who is prepared to devote himself to the study of 
musical composition at this University or elsewhere, in this 
country or abroad, under the supervision of some instructor 
approved by the President and the head of the Department of 
Music. The University Council may, at its discretion, enlarge 
the scope of the fellowship, provided always that the income 
shall be used so as to secure for some competent student of 
music advanced educational advantages that otherwise would 
be out of his reach. 

§ 16. From and after June 5th, 1898, there shall be a fel- 
lowship to be known as the "Schiff Fellowship in Political 
Science," the income of which shall be six hundred dollars per 
annum. The fellowship shall be open to graduates holding a 
first degree from any college or scientific school of good 
standing, either in this country or in Europe. Appointment 
to the fellowship shall be made each year by the University 
Council upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Political 
Science, and the recommendation of this Faculty shall be 
based upon the nomination following: On or before April first 
of each academic year the Faculty of Political Science shall 
propose to Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, while living, the name of a 
suitable person for nomination by him. After Mr. Schiff's 
death, his oldest living male descendant bearing his family 
name is to enjoy the right to nominate in the same manner. 
Should the family name become extinct, the right of nomina- 
tion is to inhere in the oldest direct descendant of Mr. Schiff, 
bearing any other name, who is a resident of the United States. 
Should no nomination be made by Mr. Schiff or his successor 
after proper notification by the Faculty of Political Science, 
the President of the University is to have the right to nomi- 
nate. Should the recommendation made by the Faculty be 
unacceptable to the person having the right of nomination, 
the Faculty shall propose other names until a nomination is 
made. 

§ 17. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
"Perkins Fellowship in Architecture," which shall be open to 



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31 



all graduates of the School of Architecture less than thirty 
years of age, and shall be awarded under such rules and regu- 
lations as shall from time to time be established by the Presi- 
dent and the Professor of Architecture. Holders of such 
fellowship shall devote the income thereof to study and travel 
in accordance with plans prepared by themselves and approved 
by the President and such Professor, and shall upon return 
present a written report and exhibit drawings in the School of 
Architecture. Such fellowship shall be awarded in the spring 
of every fourth year, beginning with the year 1902. The 
holder shall receive the entire accumulated income of the 
Perkins Fund for the previous four years, and payment thereof 
shall be made by the Treasurer on the certificate of the Pro- 
fessor of Architecture, endorsed by the President. 

§ 18. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
"Alexander Moncrief Proudfit Fellowship in Letters," for the 
encouragement of the study of English Literature, which shall 
be open to all persons who, being the sons of native-born 
American parents, shall have taken the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts after a three years' residence in Columbia College, and 
who shall, while enjoying such fellowship, remain unmarried. 
Such Fellow shall be appointed by the University Council 
upon the joint recommendation of the professors in the Eng- 
lish Departments. Such appointment shall be for the term 
of one year, and may be renewed, for reasons of weight, for 
two terms of one year each, and no more. The Fellow so ap- 
pointed shall be entitled to receive during his incumbency the 
net income of the capital sum constituting the endowment of 
such fellowship. He shall carry on his studies and research 
at Columbia University, or elsewhere, under the direction of 
the Professors in the Departments named. 

§ 19. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
"Maria McLean Proudfit Fellowship," for the encouragement 
of advanced studies in Medicine, which shall be open to all 
persons who, being the sons of native-born American parents, 
shall pursue advanced studies in Internal Medicine under the 
direction of the Medical Faculty of the University, and who 
shall, while enjoying such fellowship, remain unmarried. Such 
Fellow shall be a graduate in Medicine and shall be appointed 
by the University. Council upon the recommendation of the 
Faculty of Medicine. Such appointment shall be made every 
four years, beginning July i, 1903, upon terms to be desig- 
nated by the Faculty. A vacancy may be filled for any 
unexpired term. The Fellow so appointed shall be entitled to 
receive, during his incumbency, the net income of the capital 
sum constituting the endowment of such fellowship. He shall 



Perkins 
Fellowship. 



Proudfit 
Fellowship 
in Letters. 



Proudfit 
Fellowship 
in Medicine. 



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FELLOWSHIPS. 



Curtis 
Fellowship. 



Carl Schurz 
Fellowship. 



Fellowships 

when 

Vacated. 



Stipends of 
Fellows. 



carry on his studies and research at Columbia University, or 
elsewhere, under the direction of the Faculty of Medicine. 

§ 20. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
"George William Curtis Fellowship," which shall be open to 
graduates of all colleges and scientific schools in good stand- 
ing in this country or abroad. Such fellowship shall be 
awarded by the University Council upon the recommendation 
of the Faculty of Political Science in every third year, begin- 
ning July ist, 1901, and the appointment shall be held for the 
term of two years, subject to such regulations as the Council 
shall from time to time establish in accordance with the terms 
of the endowment. Any person holding such fellowship for 
the full term of two years shall be entitled to receive during 
his incumbency the net income of the endowment accruing 
during a period of three years, and proportionately for any 
part of the term. 

§ 21. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the " Carl 
Schurz Fellowship " for the study of the German Language 
and Literature, which shall be open to graduates of all col- 
leges and scientific schools in good standing, in this country 
and abroad. Such fellowship shall be awarded in every alter- 
nate year, beginning July ist, 1902, by the University Council, 
upon the recommendation of the Professors of the Depart- 
ment of Germanic Languages and Literatures. The appoint- 
ment shall be held, subject to such regulations as the Council 
may from time to time establish, for the term of one year. 
The fellow so appointed shall be entitled to receive the net 
income of the capital sum of ten thousand dollars, constituting 
the endowment contributed by the German-American citizens 
of New York, in commemoration of the seventieth birthday of 
Carl Schurz, accruing during a period of two years preceding 
the appointment, and proportionately for any part of the 
term. The appointment may be renewed for reasons of weight 
for a further term of one year, but reappointment shall not 
entitle the Fellow to any additional stipend. 

§ 22. In case of the failure of any Fellow to fulfill faith- 
fully the obligations imposed upon him by the fellowship to 
which he has been appointed, he shall forfeit all privileges 
and emoluments conferred upon him by such fellowship, and 
the Council may at any time declare the fellowship vacant. 
In the event of a vacancy occurring from any cause, the Council 
may, if they desire, fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. 

§ 23. All stipends of Fellows shall be paid in equal semi- 
annual installments on the last Saturday in October and the 
third Saturday in February of each academic year, upon the 
certificate of the President, unless otherwise provided. 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



35 



CHAPTER XXII. 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



§ I. The Alumni Association of Columbia College shall be 
entitled to have always, in the College, four students to be 
instructed free of charge. 

§ 2. The Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in 
the State of New York shall be entitled to have always, in the 
College, two students in each class, to be instructed free of 
charge for tuition. 

§ 3. The members of the several Faculties shall be entitled 
to have their sons educated in the College free of charge. 

§ 4. There shall be offered annually, as a prize to the stu- 
dent passing the best entrance examination in the College, a 
free scholarship for the term of one year. Such scholarship 
shall be known as the "Alumni Competitive Scholarship," 
and the Faculty shall have power to fix the conditions under 
which such scholarship shall be awarded. In each succeeding 
year of the course, the Faculty may award an Alumni Com- 
petitive Scholarship, and the Faculty shall have power to fix the 
conditions upon which these scholarships also shall be awarded. 

§ 5. The personal representatives of the late William B. 
Moffat, M.D., and their assigns, shall be entitled to nominate 
and have always two students in the College, to be instructed 
free of charge ; and such scholarships shall be known as the 
"Moffat Scholarships." 

§ 6. The nearest living male relative of the late John Jones 
Schermerhorn shall be entitled to nominate and have always 
five students in the College to be instructed free of charge; 
and such scholarships shall be known as the "Schermerhorn 
Scholarships." 

§ 7. The scholarship in the General Theological Seminary 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church (heretofore placed at the 
disposal of the Trustees of Columbia College by the Society 
for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New 
York) shall be awarded upon the following conditions, to wit: 

a. All candidates shall comply with the requirements for 
admission to the General Theological Seminary, and as candi- 
dates for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 
and must have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts and have 
been graduated with honors. 

b. All candidates shall report themselves to the Education 
Committee of such Society at least three months previous to 
the examination to be held by the Faculty for the purpose of 
awarding such scholarship. 



Alumni 
Scholarships. 



S. P. R. L. 

Scholarships. 



Sons of 
Professors. 

Alumni Com- 
petitive 
Scholarship. 



Moffat 
Scholarships. 



Schermerhorn 
Scholarships. 



Theological 

Seminary 

Scholarship. 



36 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



Alonzo Clark 
Scholarship. 



Annual 
Scholarships. 



University 
Scholarships. 



President's 

University 

Scholarships. 



§ 8. A scholarship, to be known as the "Alonzo Clark 
Scholarship," of nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
the income of the fund set apart therefor shall suffice to pay, 
shall be awarded annually to such person as the Faculty 
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons may appoint, who 
shall devote himself to study under their guidance, with 
the special purpose of discovering new facts in medical 
science. 

§ 9. The Treasurer may receive gifts of money for scholar- 
ships for one or more years, provided that no such scholar- 
ship shall be for a less sum than the annual tuition fee of the 
College or of the School in which it is provided. Such schol- 
arships shall be filled by the Faculty under whose care they 
properly come, and the scholars holding them shall pay all 
fees. 

§ 10. In the Schools of Political Science, Philosophy, and 
Pure Science, there shall be thirty scholarships in all, each of 
the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, to be awarded only 
to students holding the first degree. These scholarships shall 
be known as "University Scholarships," and shall be awarded 
under regulations to be adopted by the University Council. 
The holders of University Scholarships must pay tuition and 
all other fees. 

§ II. In addition to the University Scholarships established 
by the foregoing section, there shall be eight scholarships, each 
of the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which 
shall be known as the "President's University Scholarships." 
Such scholarships, which shall be for the term of one year, 
shall be filled by the University Council, and shall be governed 
in all respects by the regulations attached to the University 
Scholarships established by the preceding section, and by such 
further regulations as may from time to time be hereafter 
adopted by the Trustees. The holders of such scholarships 
may be reappointed upon the expiration of their terms upon 
such conditions as may be prescribed in the regulations. In 
case any one of said scholarships is not awarded in any year, 
or in case any such scholarship shall become vacant otherwise 
than by the graduation of the incumbent, an additional scholar 
may be appointed to fill such vacancy. An additional Presi- 
dent's University Scholarship may annually be awarded in lieu 
of any of the Brooklyn Scholarships provided for in the follow- 
ing section, in case any of such Brooklyn Scholarships shall 
not be awarded or shall become vacant otherwise than by 
graduation of the incumbent, but such additional President's 
University Scholarship shall be awarded only for the period 
during which such Brooklyn Scholarship is vacant. The 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



37 



recipient of any such scholarship may, with the consent of the 
President, assign the income thereof to any properly qualified 
candidate without waiving his right to be designated as a 
"President's University Scholar." 

§ 12. There shall be in the College twelve scholarships, each 
of the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which 
shall be known as the "Brooklyn Scholarships." Such schol- 
arships shall be awarded under such regulations as the Faculty 
of the College shall establish, and the Trustees shall from 
time to time approve, to boys resident in Brooklyn and pre- 
pared for College in any school in Brooklyn, whether public or 
private, and shall be held for the full College course of four 
years. The holders thereof shall pay the tuition fee and all 
other fees. In case any one of said scholarships is not awarded 
in any year, or in case any such scholarship shall become 
vacant otherwise than by the graduation of the incumbent, an 
additional scholar may be appointed to fill such vacancy. The 
recipient of any such scholarship may, with the consent of the 
Faculty of the College, assign the income thereof to any prop- 
erly qualified candidate without waiving his right to be desig- 
nated as a "Brooklyn Scholar." 

§ 13. There shall be two scholarships in the College, to be 
known as the "Stuart Scholarships," in memory of Sidney 
Barculo Stuart, Class of '80, College, and Eugene Talman 
Stuart, Class of '81, College, founded by their grandmother, 
Cornelia A. Atwdll, October, 1895; and the said Cornelia A. 
Atwill shall have the privilege of nominating the incumbents 
of such scholarships during her lifetime, and after her decease 
such nominations shall be made by the President and the Dean 
of the College, on such terms and conditions as they may from 
time to time impose. 

§ 14. There shall be in the College two scholarships to be 
known as the " Hewitt Scholarships," endowed by the gift of 
Abram S. Hewitt, LL.D., Class of 1842, and two scholarships 
to be known as the "Harper Scholarships," endowed by the 
bequest of "Joseph W. Harper, A.M., Class of 1848. Each of 
such scholarships shall be of the annual value of one hundred 
and fifty dollars. Such scholarships shall be open to compe- 
tition to graduates of the New York City High Schools under 
such regulations as the Faculty of the College shall establish, 
and the Trustees shall from time to time approve, and shall be 
awarded from year to year after the final annual examinations 
by such Faculty. The holders thereof shall pay the tuition 
fee and all other fees. One of such scholarships shall be 
offered for competition in each class, but in case any one of 
such scholarships is not awarded in any class, or in case any 



President's 
University 
Scholarships. 



Brooklyn 
Scholarships. 



Stuart 
Scholarships. 



Hewitt- 
Harper 
Scholarships. 



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SCHOLARSHIPS. 



Benefactors' 
Scholarships. 



Hewitt- such scholarships shall become vacant otherwise than by the 

Harper . . \ . ....... •', 

Scholarships, graduation of the incumbent, an aaditional scholar may be 
appointed to fill such vacancy. The recipient of any such 
scholarship may waive the stipend without waiving his right 
to be designated as a " Hewitt Scholar "or '* Harper Scholar," 
as the case may be, and the Faculty may then appoint an ad- 
ditional scholar in his place. 

§. 15. SuBD. I. In recognition of the liberal gifts for the 
purchase of the site on Morningside Heights which have been 
received from J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, 
D. Willis James, A. A. Low, Morris K. Jesup, R. Fulton 
Cutting, Alfred Corning Clark, Jacob H. Schiff, Samuel D. 
Babcock, Oswald Ottendorfer, Samuel Sloan and Henry 
Parish, the following scholarships, designated collectively as 
"Benefactors' Scholarships," are hereby established: 

Twenty Morgan Scholarships; twenty Vanderbilt Scholar- 
ships; ten James Scholarships; three A. A. Low Scholarships; 
one Jesup Scholarship; two Cutting Scholarships; two Clark 
Scholarships; one Schiff Scholarship; one Babcock Scholar- 
ship; one Ottendorfer Scholarship; one Sloan Scholarship; 
and one Parish Scholarship. 

SuBD. 2. Benefactors' Scholarships shall be awarded as 
follows: 

In the College: five Morgan Scholarships; five Vanderbilt 
Scholarships; three A. A. Low Scholarships; two Cutting 
Scholarships; two Clark Scholarships; one Sloan Scholarship; 
one Parish Scholarship; and one Schiff Scholarship. 

In the School of Law: eight Morgan Scholarships; and 
eight Vanderbilt Scholarships. 

In the Schools of Applied Science: seven Morgan Scholar- 
ships; seven Vanderbilt Scholarships; ten James Scholarships; 
one Jesup Scholarship; one Babcock Scholarship; and one 
Ottendorfer Scholarship. 

SuBD. 3. Benefactors' Scholarships shall be awarded from 
year to year by the Faculty of the College, of Law, and of 
Applied Science, as the case may be, to students who have 
already passed one year in the College or School under its 
charge, whose record for ability and scholarship gives evi- 
dence of special fitness for the course of study which they 
propose to pursue, and who need pecuniary aid to obtain an 
education. Such scholarships shall be awarded by the re- 
spective Faculties above mentioned under regulations to be 
severally established by them and approved by the University 
Council. 

§ 16. The Faculties of the College, of Law, and of Applied 
Science may also award scholarships, from year to year, to be 



Faculty 
Scholarships. 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



39 



known as "Faculty Scholarships," not exceeding eight in the 
College, four in the School of Law, and eight in the Schools 
of Applied Science, to students whose record for ability and 
scholarship, obtained either before or after matriculation, 
gives evidence of special fitness for the course of study which 
they propose to pursue, and who need pecuniary aid to obtain 
an education, and provided that, in the School of Law, Faculty 
Scholarships shall be awarded only to college graduates. Such 
scholarships shall be awarded by the respective Faculties 
above named under regulations to be severally established by 
them and approved by the University Council. 

§ 17. Each of the Benefactors' and Faculty Scholarships 
shall be of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars if in the 
College or School of Law, and of the value of two hundred 
dollars if in the Schools of Applied Science. The holders of 
all such scholarships shall pay the tuition fees and all other 
fees. 

§ 18. The Faculty awarding scholarships may determine 
whether or not the name of the holder shall be published. 

§ 19. The Alumni Association, Moffat, Schermerhorn and 
Stuart Scholarships shall hereafter be awarded by the Faculty 
of the College in their discretion (subject, when required by 
the terms of the gift, to the approval of the donor of the fund 
or his representative), but such scholarships shall be tenable 
for the Freshman year only. 

§ 20. The Faculty of the College, in the case of there being 
an insufficient number of candidates whose qualifications are 
satisfactory to the Faculty to fill any scholarships especially 
limited to any particular class of students, may fill such 
scholarships, at their discretion, with other students, whenever 
it can be done without violation of the terms of a gift. 

§ 21. In recognition of the liberality of Charles Bathgate 
Beck, LL.B., Class of '77, there is hereby established in the 
College a scholarship, to be known as the "Beck Scholar- 
ship," the holder of which shall be instructed free of charge. 
Such scholarship shall be awarded by the Faculty of the Col- 
lege in the same manner and subject to the same conditions 
as the Faculty Scholarships. 

§ 22. A scholarship, to be known as the " Charles Bathgate 
Beck Prize Scholarship," shall be awarded annually by the 
Faculty of Law (under regulations to be established by such 
Faculty) to the member of the First Year Class in the Law 
School who shall pass the best examination in the subjects of 
the Law School Course relating to Real Estate Law, provided 
that the regulations shall require that no student shall be 
admitted as a competitor for the prize unless his record for 



Faculty 
Scholarships. 



Stipend of 
Scholars. 



Publication of 
Names. 



Freshman 
Scholarships. 



Discretionary 
Awards. 



Beck 
Scholarship. 



Beck Prize 
Scholarship. 



40 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



Beck Prize 
Scholarship. 



Payment of 
Stipend. 



Campbell 
Scholarships. 



Curtis 

Scholarship 

of Barnard 

College. 



ability and scholarship gives evidence of special fitness. The 
holder of such scholarship shall, provided he remains a mem- 
ber of the School, receive one year's income of the prize fund 
established by the will of Charles Bathgate Beck, in equal 
semi-annual installments, during the two years following the 
award. In the event of two or more students passing 
examinations of equal merit, the income of the fund may be 
subdivided. 

§ 23. All stipends of scholars shall be paid in equal semi- 
annual installments on the last Saturday of October and the 
third Saturday in February of each academic year. 

§ 24. There shall be two scholarships in the College to be 
known as "Campbell Scholarships," in memory of Robert 
Bayard Campbell, Class of 1844, and Henry Pearsall Campbell, 
Class of 1847, which shall be awarded in the same manner and 
subject to the same conditions as "Faculty Scholarships." 

§ 25. There shall be four scholarships to be known as the 
"Curtis Scholarships of Barnard College," each of the annual 
value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which shall be awarded 
annually by the University Council to women students hold- 
ing the first degree. These scholarships shall be awarded in 
the same manner as University Scholarships under regulations 
established by the University Council, and the holders shall 
pay tuition and all other fees. 



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43 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Barnard 
Medal. 



Prizes. 



PRIZES. 

§ I. A gold medal, to be known as the "Barnard Medal 
for Meritorious Service to Science," shall be awarded at Com- 
mencement, at the close of every quinquennial period, dating 
from the 17th of July, 1889, to such person, if any, whether a 
citizen of the United States or of any other country, as shall 
within the five years next preceding have made such discovery 
in physical or astronomical science, or such novel application 
of science to purposes beneficial to the human race, as in the 
judgment of the National Academy of Sciences of the United 
States shall be esteemed most worthy of such honor. 

§ 2. Two prizes, to be known as the " Loubat Prizes," of Loubat 
the value respectively of one thousand dollars and four hun- 
dred dollars, shall be awarded at Commencement, at the close 
of every quinquennial period, dating from the first day of July, 
1893, for the best work printed and published in the English 
language on the History, Geography, Archaeology, Ethnology, 
Philology, or Numismatics of North America. The competi- 
tion for such prizes shall be open to all persons, whether con- 
nected with the University or not, and whether citizens of the 
United States of America or of any other country. 

§ 3. A prize, to be known as the "Alumni Prize," of fifty 
dollars in money or its equivalent, at the option of the re- 
ceiver, established by the Association of the Alumni of Col- 
umbia College, shall be awarded annually to the most faithful 
and deserving student of the graduating class, subject to such 
regulations as may be prescribed by the Association and the 
Faculty, so long as such Association shall continue to main- 
tain the same. 

§ 4. Two prizes, founded, through the Rev. John McVickar, 
D.D., by the Society for Promoting Religion and Learning, 
to be known respectively as the "Society's Greek Seminary 
Prize," of thirty dollars, and the "Society's English Seminary 
Prize," of twenty dollars, shall be annually competed for 
among such members of the graduating class as shall have 
given in their names to the President, at least one month pre- 
vious to such competition, as candidates for the General Theo- 
logical Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; each 
student giving in his name as competitor to designate the 
prize for which he contends, and to be confined to the choice 
then made. The examination for each prize shall be held 
publicly in the Chapel, and separate from the general exami- 
nation. The examination for the prize in Greek shall be on: 



College 
Alumni Prize. 



McVickar 
Prizes. 



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PRIZES. 



McVickar 
Prizes. 



Chanler 
Prize. 



Harsen 
Clinical 
Prizes. 



Harsen 

Proficiency 

Prizes. 



a. The Epistles of the New Testament (in Greek) "ad aper- 
turam libri." 

b. On some one of the early Greek fathers, to be designated 
at the time of noticing the prize, or, if none be designated, 
then upon some portion of Chrysostom or Athanasius, at the 
choice of the student. The decision shall be with the Presi- 
dent and the Professor of Greek. 

The examination for the prize in English shall consist in 
the production of an essay (to be publicly read, or not, as the 
President may determine), of the ordinary length of a pulpit 
discourse, on some subject connected with the course of Evi- 
dences on which the class has been engaged; such subject to 
be selected by the Professor of the Evidences, and given out 
by him at the time of notice; and the prize to be adjudged, 
as before, by the President and the Professor of that branch; 
such decision to have respect to: 

a. The general ability and soundness of the essay; 

b. Its logical and demonstrative form; and 

c. The pure Saxon style and idiom in which it is written. 
The names of the successful candidates shall be enrolled in 

a suitable book, to be provided for that purpose, lettered ap- 
propriately, and kept in the Library; shall be announced with 
other honors on Commencement Day, and also recorded hon- 
orably in the Society's books. 

§ 5. A prize to be known as the " Chanler Historical Prize," 
of the value of fifty dollars, shall be awarded annually to the 
member of the Senior Class who shall be the author of the best 
original manuscript essay in English prose on the History of 
Civil Government in America, or some other historical subject 
to be determined by the Faculty. The subject for the prize 
shall be announced on or before November first, and the 
essays shall be submitted to the President on or before May 
first in each year. 

§ 6. Three prizes, to be known as the "Harsen Prize for 
Clinical Reports," of the value of one hundred and fifty dol- 
lars, seventy-five dollars, and twenty-five dollars, respectively, 
together with Harsen prize medals and diplomas, shall be 
awarded annually for the three best reports in writing, by 
students in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of the 
clinical instruction given at the New York Hospital during 
any four consecutive months of the year ending on Commence- 
ment Day, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed 
by the Faculty. 

§ 7. Ten prizes, to be known as the "Harsen Prizes for 
Proficiency at Examination": three, of the value of five hun- 
dred dollars, three hundred dollars, and two hundred dollars, 



PRIZES. 



45 



Coll. P. & S. 
Alumni Prize. 



respectively; and seven, of the value of twenty-five dollars Harsen 
each; together with Harsen prize medals and diplomas, shall Pri'zes'.^"'^^ 
be awarded annually to the ten members of each graduating 
class in the College of Physicians and Surgeons who at their 
examination for the degree of Doctor of Medicine shall show 
the highest proficiency in all the branches combined; the 
three most meritorious receiving the first, second, and third 
prizes, respectively; subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by a committee consisting of the President of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the President of the 
Alumni Association of the College of Physicans and Surgeons, 
and a resident alumnus selected by them: and such committee 
shall have power to determine the relative merits of the com- 
petitors and to make the awards. 

§ 8. A prize, to be known as the "Alumni Association 
Prize," of five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially to 
the graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who 
shall submit the best medical essay on any subject, provided 
such essay shall be deemed sufficiently meritorious, and shall 
be open to competition in alternate years with the "Cart- 
wright Prize," subject to such regulations as may be prescribed 
by the Alumni Association, so long as the same shall be main- 
tained by such Association. 

§ 9. A prize, to be known as the " Cartwright Prize," of Cartwright 
five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially to the person 
(not necessarily a graduate of the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons) who shall submit the best medical essay on any 
subject, provided such essay shall be deemed sufficiently meri- 
torious, and shall be open to competition in alternate years 
with the "Alumni Association Prize," subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by the Alumni Association. 

§ 10. A prize, to be known as the "Stevens Triennial stevensPnze 
Prize, of two hundred dollars, shall be awarded triennially to 
the person (not necessarily a graduate of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons) who shall submit the best medical 
essay on any subject, including the results of original research 
by the writer upon the subject chosen; subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by a committee consisting of the 
President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the 
President of the Alumni Association, and the Professor of 
Physiology; and such committee shall have power to deter- 



* Chapter 97, Laws of 1894, declares the Dean of the Medical Faculty of 
Columbia College and his successors to be the successors in office of the Presi- 
dent of the Managing Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, with 
all the rights, powers, and duties of such President under any act of the 
Legislature, or by deed or will. 



46 PRIZES. 

mine the relative merits of the essays submitted, and to award 
or withhold the prize. 
Smith Prize. § II. A pdze, to be known as the "Joseph Mather Smith 
Prize," of one hundred dollars, shall be awarded annually to 
the graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who 
shall submit the best essay, if sufficiently meritorious, on a 
subject designated by a committee consisting of the President 
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the President of 
the Alumni Association, and the Professor of Pathology and 
Practical Medicine, subject to such regulations as maybe pre- 
scribed by such committee, who shall have power to determine 
the relative merits of the essays submitted, and to award or 
withhold the prize, 
ig eas. § 12. Prizes, to be known as " Illig Medals," shall be 
awarded annually to the student or students of the graduating 
or Fourth Class in the Schools under the Faculty of Applied 
Science who shall, in the judgment of the Faculty, have mer- 
ited the same by commendable proficiency in their regular 
studies. The Illig Medals shall be of a style and design ap- 
proved by the Faculty, provided that the cost of the dies and 
medals shall not exceed the income of the bequest made for 
this purpose by William C. Illig, a graduate of the School of 
Mines in the Class of 1882. 

"^p^fz^e" § ^3- -^ prize, to be known as the "Robert N. Toppan 
Prize," of one hundred and fifty dollars, shall be awarded an- 
nually to the member of the School of Political Science who 
shall pass the best written examination upon a paper prepared 
by the Professor in charge of the Department of Constitu- 
tional Law, so long as the said Robert N. Toppan shall 
continue to maintain the same. 

Bennett § 14. A prize, to be known as the "Bennett Prize," con- 
sisting of the income to be derived from the fund heretofore 
established by James Gordon Bennett, shall be awarded annu- 
ally at Commencement to the undergraduate member of the 
Senior Class, or special student of similar standing, who shall 
have taken satisfactory courses in Political Science, and who 
shall have prepared the best essay in English prose upon some 
subject of contemporaneous interest in the domestic or foreign 
policy of the United States, provided that no award shall be 
made for any essay that is defective in English composition. 

* Chapter 97, Laws of 1894, declares the Dean of the Medical Faculty of 
Columbia College and his successors to be the successors in office of the Presi- 
dent of the Managing Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, with 
all the rights, powers and duties of such President under any Act of the Legis- 
lature, or by deed or will. 



Prize. 



AMENDMENTS. 47 

The subject shall be selected, the rules of competition formu- p'j""*" 
lated, and the decision rendered by the Faculty of Political 
Science. 

§ 15. A prize, to be known as the "Grant Squires Prize," pj!?"* squires 
consisting of the income to be derived from the fund hereto- 
fore established by Grant Squires, of the Class of 1885, shall 
be awarded at Commencement at the close of every quinquen- 
nial period, dating from the first day of July, 1895, to such 
graduate, conducting an original investigation of a sociologi- 
cal character, as shall be adjudged most worthy by a commit- 
tee of award, consisting of the President, the Professor of 
Sociology and one of the Professors of Political Economy, se- 
lected by the President. Such award shall be deemed to be 
a recognition of scientific ability and achievement, as well as 
an encouragement of research. 

§ 16. A prize, to be known as the " H. C. Bunner Gold Bunner 
Medal," shall be awarded annually at Commencement to the 
student who shall present the best essay on an assigned 
subject in American Literature. The competition for such prize 
shall be open to all candidates for a Columbia degree, and 
the award shall be made by a Committee appointed by the 
President. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

AMENDMENTS. 

§ I. These Statutes shall not be amended, altered, or re- 
pealed, unless notice in writing of such proposed amendment, 
alteration, or repeal shall have been given at a previous meet- 
ing of the Trustees; provided, however, that Chapters XXI, 
XXII and XXIII may, by unanimous consent, be amended by 
the addition of new sections without previous notice. 



